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Children out of school

SE.PRM.UNER

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Lebanon. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, United Kingdom
3,3262023
Period covered
2000 - 202324 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
8.25 mChina, 1997
Lowest of the compared countries
3,326United Kingdom, 2023

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

02.5 M5 M7.5 M10 M12.5 M19741987199920122024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China8.25 m1997
  • South Sudan1.2 m2024
  • United States965,8532022
  • Lebanon146,8962024
  • Italy52,1172023
  • Spain34,0502024
  • Netherlands5,6982023
  • United Kingdom3,3262023

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
United KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaSouth SudanLebanon
202434,0501.2 m146,896
20233,32652,11735,8065,698172,038
20223,45864,90735,6044,446965,853184,913
20211,60155,64040,1012,114996,160190,995
20201,26039,91239,9651,937489,065182,162
20192,53343,97147,0541,416224,977173,794
201814,91643,83259,1022,928141,533166,088
201737,09846,24368,9032,274104,711159,134
201659,71647,23675,58788,850167,102
201566,90742,52479,588446,2561.15 m186,429
201475,04734,97275,432160,957
201383,79225,05071,360711,515106,958
201281,7769,48264,111116,598
201146,2708,25753,950887,775124,427
201023,3626,07248,223129,788
200931,4268,45823,183131,020
200816,36711,42114,385126,067
2007101,04111,0202,320116,143
200644,92410,2584,285113,436
20053,4869,9113,433135,557108,414

World Bank definition

Children out of school, primary

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator SE.PRM.UNER, reproduced unchanged.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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